Criteria | Measure for Criteria | Goal | Minimum Threshold | Measure for Threshold | Outcome % |
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#1 FTFY students will complete their degrees in a timely fashion | IPEDS Six-year graduation rate for all FTFY students (SACSCOC key completion indicator) | 75% | 42% | Within 10% of the IPEDS comparison group median on most recent available Data Feedback Report (median is 47%) | 67% (IPEDS outcome for 2015 Cohort, as reported in the Data Feedback Report) |
#1.1 Students with financial need will persist and graduate | IPEDS Six-year graduation rate for FTFY Pell recipient students | 65% | 36% | Within 10% of the IPEDS comparison group median on most recent available Data Feedback Report (median is 40%) | 70% (IPEDS outcome for 2015 Cohort, as reported in the Data Feedback Report) |
#1.2 Students of color will persist and graduate | IPEDS Six-year graduation rate for FTFY students of color | 65% Black 65% Hispanic 65% Two or more | 35% Black 32% Hispanic 36% Two or more | Within 10% of the IPEDS comparison group median on most recent available Data Feedback Report (median is 39% for Black; 35% for Hispanic; and 40% for Two or more) | 73% Black 63% Hispanic 56% Two or more
(IPEDS outcome for 2015 Cohort, as reported in the Data Feedback Report) |
#2 FTFY undergraduates will be retained | Fall to Fall retention for FTFY students | 75% | 60% | Within 10% of Salem’s 5 year rolling retention average for FTFY (average of 5 years is 67% based on Salem’s IPEDS data) | 62% |
#2.1 FTFY Students who intend to major in STEM** will be retained | Fall to Fall retention rates for FTFY students who enter intending a STEM major | 75% | 59% | Within 10% of Salem’s 5 year rolling retention average for all FTFY (average of 5 years is 66%, based on internal admissions data) | 82% |
#3 Undergraduates will persist | Spring to Fall retention rate for all undergraduate students (seniors who graduate in spring or summer are counted as retained) | 90% | 77% | Within 10% of Salem’s yearly rolling average of all undergraduates (5-year rolling average is 85%, based on internal enrollment and graduation data) | 73% |
** STEM rates were calculated based on enrollment in the following majors: Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Environmental Studies, Health Advocacy and Humanitarian Systems, Health Humanities, Health Science, Mathematics